This unusual inventory provides summary information on the provenance, composition, description, and present location of the fourteen most valuable statues, chiefly of bronze, recovered from excavations at Herculaneum. This provenance is surprising given that almost all have wooden bases, are adorned with gold and/or silver, are identified as the work of a specific sculptor in Greece (such as Polyclitus), Florence and Sicily, and are currently displayed at churches in Naples. The figures are from Classical Mythology, Roman history, the Bible, and early Christianity. The names of prominent Italian nobility have been copied into the left margins, immediately adjacent to each entry; these include the Marquis of Tanucci and the Prince of Centola.
